DWTS The Houghs and Puffs with Jitters about the Jitterbug - Episode Recap by Wolfie
ABC Dancing With The Stars: The brother/sister pro's, Derek and Julianne Hough both end up doing the jitterbug for the first time ever, learning as they teach. Some puffy hair and star/partners that are young, energetic and limber gives us some good jitter bugging even though Derek and Julianne both admitted they didn't know how to do this dance. Filled with flips until the judges almost flip out with joy and give them 9's and 10's. Where DO those young people get so much energy!?!
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We are at the 1/2 way point and introducing 4 new dances -
Hustle, Jitter Bug, Salsa and West Coast Swing.
Lance and Lacey called Sir Dance-a-lot last week by Len, talks about his poor dancing skills so much that the record label wanted to kick him out. They are doing the West Coast Swing.
He has some solo steps that look really good to me. He's having fun. He falls down in one slide, jumps up and goes on just great. Good recovery. Points will come off for it but maybe not so much because of his recovery.
Len says you proved that you can dance last week. He says she has to let her partner show off some dance steps more. Bruno says the same thing basically, she needs to let him shine more than do her stuff. Carrie Ann says the same thing, you didn't focus enough on his dancing. They barely mention his fall.
Scores Carrie Ann 7 Len 7, Bruno 7 = 21
Toni and Alec - last week 22. This week they are dancing the West Coast Swing. He works with her on her posture and her shoulders. her outfit really shows off her back. It's backless and off one shoulder in the front. And of course very very short. Very very pretty. He does a great lift with her swinging her around several times. I do not really know how this should look so I don't know what to think. They do the moonwalk near the end. It was a Michael Jackson song.
Bruno says your are slinky and when you want to you can actually deliver. But he criticizes their doing the moon walk. Carrie Ann says it's difficult and she thinks they were over dancing it. Len says she has all the potential with a great professional. We've just not seen it. Sit down and regroup.
score 7-7-8 = 22 In the post interview they both say, you gotta do the moon walk, it was a MJ song!
A scene from some surprises. A surprise guest judge will be there next week. They will tell us who tomorrow.
Susan and Tony. Susan found out she has fractured two bones in her foot in her injury two weeks ago. They are going to do the Hustle. Tony says a lot of lift and lot of polyester. She says she has a feel for it since she was around in the 70's. Her ankle starts to hurt in rehearsals. They get an MRI. He says the only question is will she be able to dance through the pain. He does tell her two bones are broken. She is in gold fringe, shiny and go go boots. he's in john Travolta white pants, white vest, gold shiny shirt.
i don't see anything spectacular and I think she misses a step.
Judges say, Carrie Ann - it was fun, you represented disco well. She went through it like a trouper. She tells her she is performing in a glass box and she needs to break out and "get us". Len says you are treating Susan like a china doll. Bruno says it did look like a hustle, an uptown hustle. The judges are really rough tonight but that's what ya get 1/2 way through. As Tom said during the opening, this is when the judges begin to get crankier, and they do seem to be more critical tonight. Heaven help Cloris.
Scores 7-7-8=22
Warren and Kym doing the Hustle. They do a big swinging lift as well. He is doing the best he can, maybe not as sharp as a smaller man but he's doing well. More lifts. A lot of different steps in this one. Moonwalk. Ends with him lifting her onto his shoulder. Great reaction from the audience.
Len there you are, that's what I'm talking about, it was great, I really enjoyed it, well done. Bruno that's a guy who knows how to funk. Carrie Ann says it was great fun, nostalgic. All compliments, no critical comments.
Score 8-8-9=25
Cloris and Corky doing the Salsa. She says how she has been fortunate making it through to half way but he really wants to stay so she goes out and meets some fans. Funny of course. Corky says take those acting skills into the Salsa. Get in the character of the Salsa. They challenge Maurice who will also be doing the Salsa. She says dancing has given her a new lease on life and she doesn't want to go home. This is a hot Latin dance. She is wiggling good. Lots of spins. He is a great choreographer I think. When he spins her a lot, the next move he always holds her head in his hand close for a beat or two it seems, to give her time to recover from the dizzying spin. I noticed that before and saw it again this time.
Bruno says one thing is sure the old girl can still turn a trick. Plus side, you actually did a Salsa, you did it! But then he says something on the minus side about holding a pitcher of margaritas. Carrie Ann says she loves her. She talks about how entertaining she is. Len says he loves her he loves her because she's the first person on the show that is older than him. She asks how old and he says 64, she says you're a baby. He says she was hotter than a chili pepper.
Scores 7-7-7=21
Maurice and Cheryl doing the Salsa. Cheryl is having trouble with the choreography. She's having a hard time explaining it to him as well. They are not comfortable with this dance tonight. She really pushes him and he tells her he really wants it, he's not lazy and it's not that he doesn't care. She was fussing at him saying she knows he's not lazy, etc. The dance - Great shimmy and he blows a kiss towards the judges (Carrie Ann) It's good but again I'm not sure I can tell. Some really good moves in there though. He was getting into this dance quite a bit tonight.
Judges say - Carrie Ann has him come up to the side of the table and then she gives him a big hug and says great stuff. Len says you think the judges are tough... Cheryl was really tough. Bruno says whatever she did, she needs to do it again. They were very complimentary and excited about this routine.
Scores 9-9-9=27
Next is the jitterbug.
Brooke and Derek - He gives her a pep talk about being the front runner the whole time and sometimes you fall out towards the end but they are going to work hard to stay on top. Derek says he's never done the jitterbug before, so he says he did some Internet research and brought print outs of the steps with him to rehearsal. Yikes. Their outfits are cute as they can be. He is in a white t-shirt and jeans but it's still really cute with her in her poodle skirt like outfit. This is of course a lot like the jive. he adds a little bit of the twist, some flips. It looked so much like the jive to me.
Judges say Len says she is consistently good. Bruno says it was glorious. Carrie Ann says can I nix this, Brooke says sure. Carrie Ann says "I can't". Very positive remarks.
George Hamilton is in the audience tonight and Tom has to make a crack or two about him. Derek has his hair in an upsweep Fonzi style that is cute and hilarious at the same time.
scores 10-9-10 = 29
Cody and Julieanne. They also jitter bug. She too is not sure what she's doing with this dance so they go spy on Derek and Brooke's routine. (Derek and Julianne are, of course, brother and sister.) She's in a waitress diner outfit. He's in a white short sleeve shirt and bow tie. They too are doing a great jitterbug with lots of lifts and flips. I'm still not sure what distinguishes this from the jive. Bruno says it was incredible. he says they did good slapstick routine, acting skills showed. Carrie Ann says this was the perfect dance for you and you are giving someone else a run for her money. Len too said it was fun. had energy and he liked it.
Scores 10-9-9=28. There is some real competition going on between the siblings and it's fun to watch. Julieanne had on a cute wig that looked kinda like Flo from the diner. She said she had to do that to compete with Derek's hair-do.
The bottom two are Cloris & Corky and Lance & Lacey with 21 points.
The top of the leader board is Brooke and Derek with 29. (with Cody and Julianne one point behind)
Cloris has the fans for the call in votes but Lance has them too. Toni and Alec have 22 as do Susan & Tony. Susan has the fan base to keep her in it I'm sure but does Toni? My gut tells me that Lance has enough fans to get him through this week's low score, as does Cloris, maybe one more week. I think the people who are really in jeopardy this week are Toni (& Alec) and maybe Warren and Kym even though they got a 25.
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